Henry kitchiner (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 vols. Original boards, printed paper labels. Spines showing some wear (that of vol. i cracked), corners a little bumped, but a pleasing, fresh set. Six double-page engraved plates of music, one four-page spread; publisher's advertisement leaf (for a portrait engraving of the author) at end of vol. ii. "Choose such Foods [on the Continent] as you have found that your Stomach can digest easily - Nutritive, but not of a Heating nature, and so plainly dressed, that they cannot be adulterated: the Safest Foods are Eggs, plain boiled or roasted Meat, and Fruit: - touch not any of those Queer Compounds commonly ycleped Ragouts, Made Dishes, Puddings, Pies, &c. Above all, be on your guard against Soup and Wine. - Instead of Wine, it will often be better to drink Water, with the addition of one-eighth part of Brandy, which Travellers may carry with them. - 'The Oracle' declares, that if A Man is not a very fastidious Epicure, he need never fear Hunger or Languor, when he can get good Bread and Water - i.e. provided he carry with him a Brunswick Sausage and a Bottle of Brandy." The author, who died while this book was in the press, might well have described himself as an epicure; his most successful book was The Cook's Oracle (1817). He bills himself as William Kitchiner MD - though he had no degree; and, despite his oracular advice on foreign travel, had never ventured abroad.…

Full Morocco. Zustand: Very Good. viii, 123; [iv], 192; 20; viii, 80; viii, 76; 92; viii, p.40; viii, 34 pp. Full black morocco, bearing gilt lettering and decoration to the spine alongside gilt ruling, devices, and turn ins to the boards. All edges gilt. With in-text illustrations and engraved plates throughout. some edgewear at the spine and corners, with scratching and faint white markings to the spine and boards. Slight lean to binding. Occasional spots and pencil inscriptions throughout. With a Malayan and British Borneo dollar, dated 1941, loosely enclosed in the prelims. This volume, privately bound, brings together 8 early 19th century titles of humorous, witty and satirical prose and verse. Volume 1: Broad Grins by English dramatist George Colman the Younger. Formerly published under the title 'My Night-Gown and Slippers', this edition of Colman's humorous writings includes a number of additional coarse, satirical verses. Volume 2: The first edition of Henry Lutrell's Advice to Julia, his most famous work of London society verse. Volume 3: The Pleasure of Making a Will, which is an extract from William Kitchiner's 'The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life'. Volume 4: The first edition of Sketches of Young Ladies by "Quiz" [Edward Caswall], illustrated by "Phiz". Volume 5: The first edition of Sketches of Young Gentlemen by Charles Dickens, also illustrated by "Phiz", written as a satirical response to Caswall's Sketches of Young Ladies (the previous title in this volume). Volume 6: The first edition of Sketches of Young Couples by Charles Dickens, illustrated by "Phiz". Following on from Sketches of Young Gentlemen, this title was the second and last in series of humerous sketches by Dickens. Volume 7: A New Art Teaching How to Be Plucked by Scribelerus Redivivus [Edward Caswall], providing a satirical treatise on the 'art' of failing exams. With a fold out 'Synopsis of Drinking' at p.22. Volume 8: The Devil's Walk: A Poem, jointly written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, published under the pseudonym Professor Porson. 12mo. Illustrated.…